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Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority
Guide

Using Bizfile's search functions

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Accounting entities

Approved liquidators

Businesses

Corporate Service Providers (CSP)

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Navigating Bizfile

27 October 2025

Bizfile has four search functions for entities, industry, people and reserved names. Learn how to use them to find the information you need.

Open Bizfile to access its four search functions.

Entity search

Use this search to find and buy a Business Profile via Bizfile.

Bizfile's entity search
1. On the Bizfile home page, select the "Entity" tab and enter the business name or unique entity number (UEN).
Check basic information about ACRA-registered entities

You can use the entity search to check basic information about ACRA-registered entities, such as their live status and registered address.

ACRA-registered entities include:

  • Companies

  • Foreign companies

  • Limited liability partnerships (LLPs)

  • Limited partnerships (LPs)

  • Public accounting firms (PAFs)

  • Variable capital companies (VCCs)

How to check:

  1. Select the Entity tab.

  2. Enter the entity's name or unique entity number (UEN) and click Search.

  3. If you search using the UEN, select UEN (including previous UEN” under the "keyword match type" filter. Then, click "Apply filters".

  4. Once you find the entity in your search results, click More information to view its entity profile.

Tip: If you see "more than 250 matching results", you can narrow your results through filters. Type the first character in the entity search to view the dropdown filter options. Then, use the pre-search filters, such as entity types or status.

Check basic information about non-ACRA registered entities

You can use the entity search to check basic information about non-ACRA registered entities. This includes an entity's live status and registered address.

Non-ACRA registered entities include:

  • Societies (registered by Registry of Societies)

  • Charities (registered by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth - Charities Unit)

  • Trade unions (registered by Ministry of Manpower)

  • Healthcare institutions (registered by Ministry of Health)

How to search for non-ACRA entities:

  1. Select the Entity tab.

  2. Start typing to see available filters.

  3. Under the "Issuance agency" filter, select the relevant issuance agency.

Issuance agencies (that issue UENs for specific entity types)

Issuance agency

Entity type and indicator

Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)

  • Limited partnership (LP)

  • Limited liability partnership (LLP)

  • Foreign companies (FC)

  • Public accounting firms (PF)

Enterprise Singapore

  • Representative offices of foreign companies, foreign government agencies, and foreign trade associations (RF)

Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis)

  • Mosques (MQ)

  • Madrasahs (MM)

Ministry of Communications and Information

  • News bureaus (NB)

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth - Charities Unit

  • Charities and institutions of a public character (CC)

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth - Registry of Co-operative Societies

  • Cooperative societies (CS)

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth - Registry of Mutual Benefit Organisation

  • Mutual benefit organisations (MB)

Ministry of Defence

  • Foreign military units (FM)

Ministry of Education

  • Government and government-aided schools (GS)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

  • High commissions, embassies (DP)

  • Consulates (CP)

  • International organisations registered with MFA (NR)

Ministry of Health

Healthcare institutions:

  • Only medical clinic (CM)

  • Only dental clinic (CD)

  • Both medical and dental clinic (MD)

  • Hospitals (HS)

  • Voluntary welfare home (VH)

  • Commercial home (CH)

  • Maternity home (MH)

  • Clinical laboratory (CL)

  • X-ray laboratory (XL)

  • Both clinical and X-ray laboratory (CX)

Healthcare service providers (HC)

Ministry of Law

Foreign law practice representative offices (RP)

Ministry of Manpower

Trade unions (TU)

Ministry of National Development

Town councils (TC)

Monetary Authority of Singapore

Financial representative offices:

  • Bank representative offices (FB)

  • Insurance representative offices (FN)

People's Association

  • PA services (PA)

  • Grassroot units (PB)

Registry of Societies

  • Societies (SS)

Singapore Land Authority

  • Management corporations (MC)

  • Subsidiary management corporations (SM)

Smart Nation and Digital Government Office

Government agencies and bodies performing public duties:

  • Organs of state, ministries and departments (GA)

  • Statutory boards and bodies performing public duties (GB)

Check registered corporate service provider (CSP) status

You can check whether an entity is a CSP through the entity search results.

How to check:

  1. Select the Entity tab.

  2. Enter the entity's name in the entity search and click Search.

  3. Once you find the entity in your search results, click More information to view its entity profile.

If the entity is a CSP, you can view their CSP information at the bottom of their entity profile.

Tip: You can narrow your search through advanced search filters, such as: "Corporate service provider number", "Entity type" and "Entity status".

Industry search

Use this search to find live businesses by their business activities. For example, you can find all of the active cafes in Singapore by searching the:

Bizfile industry search
1. Select the "Industry" tab and type any character in the search bar to view the top ten SSIC categories. You may select any SSIC category, continue typing your keyword, or search by SSIC code.
Find live businesses by top ten SSIC categories

Follow these steps:

  1. Select the Industry tab.

  2. Type any character in the search bar.

  3. Select any of the SSIC categories.

  4. Select up to five SSIC codes under that category.

  5. Click Search. Up to 250 matching results will be shown (if any).

Tip: If you see "more than 250 matching results", you can narrow your results by selecting only one SSIC category or using search filters (such as entity type).

Find live businesses by SSIC codes

Follow these steps:

  1. Select the Industry tab.

  2. Type the five-digit SSIC code in the search bar. For example, "66309".

  3. Click Search. Up to 250 matching results will be shown (if any).

Tip: If you see "more than 250 matching results", you can narrow your results by selecting only one SSIC category or using search filters (such as entity type).

Find live businesses by SSIC descriptions

Follow these steps:

  1. Select the Industry tab.

  2. Type any keyword or SSIC description (such as "manufacture") in the search bar. You may select up to five business activities.

  3. Click Search. Up to 250 matching results will be shown (if any).

Tip: If you see "more than 250 matching results", you can narrow your results by selecting only one business activity or using search filters (such as entity type).

People search

Use this search to find and buy a People Profile via Bizfile.

Bizfile's people search
1. Select the "People" tab and enter the person's name. If you do not know the exact name, use the "Name containing" or "Name starting with" filters and click "Search". These may generate multiple matching records.
Check the business entities a person is or was involved in

Follow our step-by-step guide to buy a people profile via Bizfile.

Check whether a person is a public accountant (PA)

To check if a person is a PA, you need their registration number.

  1. Select the People tab.

  2. Enter the person's name in the search bar.

  3. Enter the 5-digit PA registration number under the "Public Accountant registration no." filter. Then, click Search.

  4. Once you find the person in your search results, click More information to check their registration status. If the status is "Active", the profile will display their related public accounting entities too.

Check whether a person is a registered qualified individual (RQI)

Follow these steps to check if a person is an RQI:

  1. Select the People tab.

  2. Enter the person's name in the search bar. Then, click Search.

  3. Once you find the person in your search results, click More information to check their registration status. If the status is "Registered", the profile will display their:

    • QI registration date; and

    • QI expiry date.

Reserved name search

Use this search and the entity search to check if an entity name is available. If it is available, you can reserve it for 120 days.

Bizfile's reserved name search
1. Select the "Reserved name" tab and enter your desired business name. If you wish to narrow your search, use the "Entity type" or "Industry (SSIC)" filters. Then, click "Search".
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